Friday, March 29, 2024

WalkerWatch scheme launched

Walkers in the Lickey Hills are being encouraged to report suspicious or criminal behaviour to police.

£3,000 raised in a month

Two local women are celebrating after raising £3,000 for Breakthrough Breast Cancer in a month.

The Lickeywood Hills

The Lickey Hills hosted a movie set for a week when acting stars arrived from around Britain to help create a charity movie.

Kits for kids

The Locker Room, of Barnt Green, got together with the PTA at Lickey Hills Primary School to provide football kits for the pupils.

July floods remembered

The people of Worcestershire will never forget the downpours of July 2007 – and while the top end of the county didn’t suffer as badly as those further south, this picture shows that even halfway up the Lickeys roads can flood.

Back to school in the forest

A group of villagers (above) show what they’ve learned during at Forest School with ranger Steve Hinton at the Lickey Hills Visitor Centre.

Bench theft heartbreak

Thieves have stolen a bench placed in the Lickeys by a woman in memory of her mother.

Village writers make their marks

A Barnt Green schoolgirl has won a national creative writing prize with a story written in class when she was just 11 years old.

Vandals destroy Lickey memorial benches

Vandals have damaged or destroyed at least five memorial benches placed by families in the Lickeys to remember loved ones.

Walking for a cure

More than 60 walkers took part in Cure Leukaemia’s first sponsored walk through the Lickey Hills.